Brian Hibbert

Hello Thomp82, welcome aboard! This is a worldwide forum, answers often depend upon where in the world you are located (but probably not in this case). Please edit your profile header and add your general location so the rest of us have an idea where in the world you are. Also if you haven't already see the "read this first" pinned topic for clues on getting the most from this forum. To answer your question.... yes if it's dry it will insulate if you have nothing else but it's probably not the best thing to use.

Welcome aboard Gauche_Gage. I look forward to seeing the results of your attempt and the instructions on how to repeat it. If you haven't already, please read the pinned "read this first" for helpful hints on using this site. Also, this is a world wide forum. It helps to know where in the world you are located. Please edit your profile header and add a general location. Brian

I like the twists you put in. It doesn't hurt to experiment to see if there's something you like better, but these look great.

As I remember Frosty's advice... get it damp enough that the rigidizer doesn't flash dry on surface of the insulation and can allow capillary action to pull it deeper into the insulation. But I'm being a parrot here rather than having actual knowledge...

This is one of the many topics where I miss Frosty. He would have given the best answer immediately. If I were doing it, I'd wet the insulation with water, then spray on your rigidizer full strength and only thin it enough so it doesn't clog your sprayer.

That was a great gift. Welcome aboard!

That's a great helmet John. I went to Sugar Grove for the ivba monthly hammer in. I made a ram's head. While I was there, another member gifted me a 3' piece of 1" square wrought iron. He said it's a highly refined piece with very small grain. I'm not sure what to make with it, but don't want to waste it on something trivial. Any suggestions?

Happy Birthday Asa! I'm sure you'll make many wonderful things with those gifts.

A quick google search for Trenton Anvil Serial Numbers yielded this page: https://www.watersironworks.com/trenton-anvils/ There are other sources, but this one looks pretty good.

Nice work Chad. I really like the counter twist one.

Jono, that is amazing! You built a great tool. Could you flip the screw box around instead of grinding and reriveting? Or are the holes in each arm custom fit to the screw box parts?

Welcome aboard Chip. I hope you stick around and share some of your farrier wisdom with us after you finish your article. Read the pinned "Read This First" article and update your header to include your general location. This is a worldwide forum and it often helps to know where in the world you are located. I agree with John. Contact the person who originally posted that picture. We can't give permission for you to use other people's work, only they can. If you go back to the post where you found the picture, hover over the person's name and a box will pop up. One of the choices is "Message", click that and it will send directly to the member who posted it. If they are still active they will probably answer you soon.

I visited the IVBA monthly hammer in at Sugar Grove Park in Funks Grove, IL for the first time yesterday. It was great! I made a spoon. I used a coal forge for the first time and managed to burn through the handle of my first attempt at a spoon, forge welded it back on (also a first) only to have the spoon break off the handle while I was refining the weld. This spoon was my second attempt. The spoons were practice for an event at the Clayville hammer in next month. The local smiths are making stew and if you can make your own spoon onsite you get a free bowl of it. Else it's $2.... who wouldn't make a spoon for free stew? https://clayville.org/events#5aae5db8-9347-40af-b906-cc58bc713759

Thanks for letting us know how this worked for you. It looks like a great hood. Are you using scrap lumber for fuel?

I made a new handle using a flap disc on my angle grinder. It worked wonerfully!

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try that when I make another handle for it.

I made a little shovel. I'm happy with the shovel part, but I need to make a different handle. This is a piece of 2x2 that I shaped with a belt sander. It's ugly! Hmmm.... an excuse to get a wood lathe and make some gouges for it. I've got Wayger's book so I'm sure I can find it.

A quick search for Fontanini resulted in the following: Perhaps you can find Steve Fontanini's site and contact him directly.

Hello Dagfrey. Welcome Aboard! If you haven't already, please read the pinned "read This First" article for help tips and conventions when using this site. Also, this is a worldwide forum. It helps if you'll put your general location in your header so the rest of us know what part of this big world you live in.

Those came out wonderfully! Did your customer like them?

Hello Billy and welcome! please read the pinned "Read Me First" topic if you haven't already. Also this is a world wide forum with members from everywhere on the planet. If you put your general location in the header we'll know where in the world you are. Sometimes the answers to questions depend on your location. Like there may be someone down the street from you who happens to have a fly press available.... That site looks like someone put a bunch of ads and links together in the hopes of making a few pennies off the clicks. I saw lots of links to Amazon and Northern Tool, but nothing they're actually selling. I'd stay away from it.

Hello Vikas and welcome aboard! If you haven't already, please read the pinned "Read This First" topic. Also this is a world wide forum, it helps to put your general location in your header so we know where in the world you are. I don't treat my power tools well enough. I tend to leave the bits in drills, blades in Sawzall's and put them close to wherever I was last using them. Lately I've been trying to clean them up, recharge batteries, put them where they belong, etc. and you're right they do perform better and they more likely to be ready to go when I next need them.

Hello Kamo. Welcome aboard! Glad to have you here. If you haven't already, please read the "Read This First" post linked above. We have a couple of active posters from Australia, but not knowing my Aussie geography too well, I'd have no idea if they're close to you.

The Historic Blacksmith Conservancy recently posted a video about a set of French books from the 1920s on Ancient Ironwork. As he was turning the pages of the Louis XV and Louis XVI period and some of the railings appear to have this pattern, but it's difficult to tell in a frame or 2 of video.

Yep, I got it home. I ran the picture through Google lens and it gave a lot of answers for "what is this used for" but most were nonsense. One that might be correct was a stand for a large fish tank. But those strips of sheet metal on the bottom don't make sense for that. Whatever it was, I see lots of great materials...